Magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes Indonesia, triggers tsunami warning

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The quake was at a depth of 20 km. Read more at straitstimes.com.

SUMATRA - An earthquake of magnitude 7.4 struck west of Indonesia’s Sumatra Island on Tuesday, Indonesia’s geophysics agency said.

The quake was at a depth of 20 km, EMSC said.Indonesia suffers frequent earthquakes, straddling the so-called “Pacific Ring of Fire,” a seismically active zone where different plates of the earth’s crust meet. REUTERS

 

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